Lamp-burner



(No Model.)

W.- L. HORNE.

Y LAMP BURNER.

No. 258,758. Patented May 30, 1882.

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. HORNE, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,758, dated May 30,1882.

Application filed June 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. HORNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLamp-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame,reference being bad to the accom pan yin g drawings, and to the lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in oil-lamp burners, the objectof which is to provide a burner with the means of readily andconveniently reducing the light without the emission of smoke or anoiiensive odor. I attain these qualificationsin a lamp burner by thedevices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa sectional elevation, showing an ordinary lamp-burner with myimprovement added, which consists in the hood F. Fig. 2 is an elevation,partly in section, showing how said hood may be attached so as to beeasily adjusted. Fig. 3 is an elevatiompartly sec.- tional, and showingabout the same as Fig. 2, except from a different standpoint. Fig. 4 isa perspective view of the hood and the rod upon which it is mounted andby which it is operated.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several drawings or views.

. A in Fig. 1 refers to an ordinary lam p-buruer provided with the usualscrew for attaching to the oil-reservoir a wick-tube, a vent or gastube, a thimble, 850.

F in Fig. 1 refers to a hood so formed as to cover a part of the wickand all of the venttube, so that any gas which may be generated aboutthe wick or that may pass from the vent-tube will be collected by it,(the hood.) In short, the hood serves as a sort of gasometer over thevent-tube and such part of the wick as is desired to be extinguished.Hood F has a portion of its length cut away, as

shown at F, which cut-away portion may be at either end or in themiddle, as desired, thus allowinga part ofthe wick to remain uncoveredand burning, as a consequence of which the gas which would otherwiseescape into the apartment will be consumed at thatpoint. Therod whichoperates the hood may be placed either above or below the perforateddisk, as desired. The dotted line in Fig. 1 shows the hood thrownoverthe wick. F in Fig. irshows the cut-away at one end of the hood. Gin Fig. 2 shows the rod to which said hood is suitably attached. G inFig. 2 shows the button upon rod G, by which the hood is operated. Bod Gis given an endwise motion, so that more or less of the wick may beallowed to remain burning to suit the operator. In some instances it maybe desirable to give the hood 3. double motion-Jorward and downward inthrowing on, and upward and back in throwing off. It will be seenthatthe hood is thrown over without turning the wick down.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the wick-tube of a lamp-burner, an adjustablehood having in its upper end a chamber, which extends over a portiononly of the wick in the direction of its greatest diameter forcollecting the gas and directing it to any portion of the wick which isleft burning, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a lamp-burner, of an adjustable hood having inits upper end a chamber which extends over a portion only of the wickinthe direction of its greatestdiameter for collecting the gas anddirecting it to any portion of the wick which is left burning, awick-tube, and a gas-tube for conducting any gas that may be generatedin the lamp to the chamber in the hood, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WM. LEWIS HORNE.

Witnesses:

Guns. WM. MANN, J OHN E. DURAND.

